Liverpool chiefs may quickly be left to mull over a potential switch supply for one participant over whom they’ve already issued a hands-off warning.
Final week, The Athletic‘s David Ornstein reported that Barcelona had made an strategy for Luis Diaz which was swiftly rebuffed by the Anfield hierarchy, who aren’t ‘actively trying to promote’ the Colombian this summer time (Paul Joyce).
The 28-year-old is nonetheless on the want listing of Saudi Professional League outfit Al-Hilal together with Darwin Nunez, and considered one of their home rivals are additionally lining up a possibility to pounce for the Reds’ quantity 7.
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Al-Nassr may supply Liverpool £70m+ for Diaz
On Monday night, Ben Jacobs took to X with an replace involving the Liverpool winger, who’s wished by Al-Nassr.
The Riyadh-based membership are ready to supply upwards of €85m (£71.6m) for Diaz, regardless of Anfield chiefs already telling Barcelona that they’ve no intention of promoting the participant.
Al-Nassr even have Rafael Leao as a ‘concrete goal’ this summer time, and whereas it’s ‘unclear’ whether or not the Portuguese ahead could be open to the transfer, AC Milan ‘may think about a sale’ in the event that they had been to be supplied €80m (£67.4m).
Perceive Rafael Leao is a concrete goal for Al-Nassr this summer time. Milan may think about a sale for €80m+.
Unclear if Leao open to Saudi, however he is on Al-Nassr’s listing alongside Luis Diaz. #LFC already informed Barcelona they do not want to promote, however Nassr ready to supply… pic.twitter.com/RoAckjyPON
– Ben Jacobs (@jacobsben) June 9, 2025
Liverpool should stay agency with ‘not on the market’ stance on Diaz
Even with Liverpool making their stance on Diaz fairly clear, it seems that they’ll brace themselves for the opportunity of a big-money switch supply for the 28-year-old, whose state of affairs at Anfield appears removed from secure.
The participant overtly admitted in latest days that his agent is ‘speaking with different golf equipment’ in the course of the summer time switch window, and in line with Ornstein (through The Athletic), there’s ‘little expectation of a contemporary settlement’ over a contract extension, regardless of the perfect efforts of Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards up to now.
Even after a season wherein the Colombian scored 17 targets in 50 appearances in all competitions (together with 28 Premier League begins), his future on Merseyside is riddled with uncertainty, and Al-Nassr have the monetary wherewithal to try to reap the benefits of that.
Whereas Liverpool could sense an opportunty to show a revenue on a participant who’ll flip 29 subsequent January and mightn’t be ready to increase his contract (which runs to 2027), it’d be an unlimited gamble to half with their third-highest scorer from the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
Provided that FSG had been assured of bringing immediately substitute of comparable or superior high quality ought to they offer any credence to the thought of taking the cash for Diaz, and so they should be as agency with Saudi Arabian suitors as they seem to have been with Barcelona.
